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Hailing from one of the country's poorest provinces, Wang Yang lacks the revolutionary pedigree of the so-called "princeling" party leaders. Yet since taking office in 2007, Wang has led a far-reaching crackdown on corruption resulting in several high-profile convictions, including that of former Shenzhen mayor Xu Zongheng. He has also overseen a rise in government transparency, making the provincial capital of Guangzhou the mainland's first city to publish its budget.

The Communist Party yesterday appointed a close ally of President Hu Jintao as the party chief of southwestern powerhouse Sichuan province , in a string of key personnel changes also involving Guangdong, Chongqing and Anhui .

Few could doubt that Chongqing party secretary Wang Yang is made for big things.

The 52-year-old was a vice-minister of the National Development and Reform Commission from 1999 to 2003 and was in charge of macroeconomic development at the State Council before he was appointed Chongqing party boss in 2005.

Chongqing's Communist Party chief has called on government officials to create a lenient investment environment for entrepreneurs and to encourage more innovative pioneering rather than simply setting restrictive rules, state media reported yesterday.

Chongqing's new party boss wants the municipality to make the most of its special status, writes Josephine Ma

Chongqing has yet to make the most of its special status as a municipality and there are no limits to the experiments that can be attempted as long as they boost economic growth, says new party secretary Wang Yang.

SHENZHEN mayor Mr Li Youwei joined legislators in warning Beijing to curb restrictions on growth or see local economies suffer.

Regional members of the NPC said yesterday Beijing must delegate greater powers to the regional governments in order to realise patriarch Mr Deng Xiaoping's ambitious plan to quadruple the national economy before the end of the decade.